It was a consequential 118 years. Emerging after England’s War of the Roses, the Tudor dynasty — lasting from 1485 to 1603 — saw only three generations rule the country. And yet it was a time of major ...

In the London Review of Books, Irina Dumitrescu writes about reading and language learning in Renaissance England in a review of two books on the subject. The early modern classroom was no safe space.

The Tudor dynasty was short in duration, but it has become perennial in memory. Just over a century passed between 1485, when Henry Tudor became Henry VII, and 1603, when his granddaughter Elizabeth I ...

Renaissance England is inseparable from the reign of King Henry VIII, the notorious monarch who famously had six wives—most of whom met unfortunate ends. Initially married to Catherine of Aragon, ...

Music from England’s Golden Age: Sublime sacred music soaring above intrigues of church and state, and intimate lute songs full of love and longing. This Air is from Royall Consort — Sett No. 2. This ...

A new exhibit at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., offers a glimpse at correspondences four centuries old. "Letter Writing in Renaissance England," which runs through April 2005, ...

The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I, by Stephen Alford, Bloomsbury, 2012, 398 pages, $35 England in particular has a long history of spying on its own people. It is no accident ...

Bummed that "Downton Abbey" is off the air? It is possible to get the feeling of Merry Old England — it's not quite the same landscape as on the hit PBS series — but you'll be transported to 16th ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Lords, ladies, knights and knaves, break out your corsets and breeches to welcome 16th-century England back to Warren County. The 33rd Ohio Renaissance Festival returns to Renaissance Park in ...

CARVER - The longest running Renaissance festival in New England, King Richard's Faire opened for its 42nd season on September 2. The faire has fun for kids of all ages on their 80-acre wooded site, ...